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problems with supply

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Bergeroo · 01/02/2008 16:01

Am wondering whether anyone out there has any advice on boosting breastmilk supply. We started well with our little boy and the breastfeeding got off to a relatively positive start but by week 6 I was tending to find that I was running out in the evenings and he would get fractious and unsettled because he wasn't getting what he needed. I have been feeding him a mixture of bm, ebm and formula but am finding my own supply is dwindling despite taking various herbs, drinking gallons, eating well and stimulating the boobs often. J is now 3.5 months and was never a huge baby. Am keen to keep feeding him for up to a year but situation not looking good currently.

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tiktok · 01/02/2008 16:10

Bergeroo Only way to really boost supply is to drop the formula....

How much is he having?

StarlightMcKenzie · 01/02/2008 16:20

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tiktok · 01/02/2008 16:36

Starlight, she can't just drop the bottles if she is giving him a large amount though....

tiktok · 01/02/2008 16:37

....as I should have made clear in my first post to you, Bergeroo. We are talking dropping gradually, if there are a lot

StarlightMcKenzie · 01/02/2008 16:45

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TheBlonde · 01/02/2008 19:33

bump for bergeroo

Lulumama · 01/02/2008 19:34

have replied on your other thread , bergeroo

Bergeroo · 02/02/2008 08:38

I appear to have 2 threads going on this, silly me. Thanks for advice. I did try this and also expressing as way of keeping things going but he just wouldn't latch on or would do only for a bit and when i expressed, there was nothing there so could see why he wasn't latching on properly. He then just gets himself worked up into a state and I feel guilty that I'm starving him. I just don't seem to have enough regardless of how much i express or breastfeed him.

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